BinB News | BinB Events Town Sites | Ascot | Bracknell | Henley | Maidenhead | Marlow | Newbury | Slough | Reading | Windsor | Wokingham
4th December |
|
Born on this Day
1875 Edgar Wallace 1912 Jimmy Jewell 1954 Dennis Wilson 1921 Deanna Durbin 1930 Ronnie Corbett 1942 Gemma Jones 1942 Chris Hillman 1952 Jeff Bridges 1953 Pamela Stephenson Music 1976 Showaddywaddy were at No 1 with 'Under the Moon of Love'. 1982 The Jam reached the top of the singles chart with 'Beat Surrender'. 1994 A new Beatles album, 'Live At The BBC', shot to the top of the record charts in the first week of its release. Sport 1990 The Aga Khan pulled all his horses from British Racing until the Jockey Club changes its drug testing procedures. People & Showbiz 1791 The Observer, the UK's oldest Sunday newspaper, was first published. 1937 The Dandy ' now the world's longest-running comic was first published, introducing Desperate Dan. 1947 Tennessee Williams' 'A Streetcar Named Desire', starring Marlon Brando received its first performance on Broadway. 1993 Michael Jackson's mother appealed for him to return to the US to face charges of child abuse. Jackson had not been seen in public since he revealed he was addicted to painkillers. General Events 1799 Prime minister William Pitt introduced the first Income Tax to help fund the Napoleonic War. 1959 A monkey sent into orbit by the US rerurned safely to earth from 55 miles out in space. 1961 The birth control pill became available on the British NHS. 1990 A Japanese TV journalist became the first paying passenger into space, his employers paid $37 million for his place on the 7 day mission. 1997 Doorsteps were outlawed in the UK-all new homes were to be built with level thresholds to ensure access to people in wheelchairs. |
